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26 May Under Armour Signs $280 Million Deal with UCLA

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Under Armour has signed a 15-year, $280-million contract with UCLA in what is believed to be the largest shoe and apparel deal in NCAA history. UCLA’s contract with Adidas expires next year....

26 May K•Swiss Partners with Digital Learning Platform

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K•Swiss has partnered with digital learning platform Skillshare to bring its program, ‘The Board’ to the public. The program is a season-long brand-building curriculum created by K•Swiss, and is free to everyone. By releasing the full six-session series—dubbed the ‘Creative Entrepreneur’s Toolkit’—on Skillshare, K•Swiss hopes...

26 May Genesco’s Q1 Handily Beats Street Targets

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Genesco Inc. reported a modest gain in first-quarter earnings that came out well ahead of Wall Street's target. The upside was boosted by a "significantly better" performance at Lids Sports Group. The company reiterated its guidance for the year....

26 May Future Concepts: How the Boston-Based Sneaker Shop is Taking on The World

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Imagine Dubai. Imagine miles of luxury shopping real estate, high-rise buildings that continue into the sky, all sprawling outwards into the endless heat trap of the Arabian Desert....

25 May New Footwear Label Boté A Mano Launches In London

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London-based Edoardo Bortolato and Niloufar Sassani have recently launched a new footwear label, Boté a Mano, inspired by the different traditions of Eastern and Western cultures....

25 May One-stop Shops Take the Lead in Online Retail

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British customers have remained loyal to general merchandise retailers for all their needs when shopping online, according to new research. A study found that the top ten everything retailers attract close to two-thirds of all online visits in the UK and overall traffic on...

25 May Adidas Set For Production At New Speedfactory In Germany

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On Tuesday, Adidas announced that its groundbreaking Speedfactory is ready for production to begin. The brand publicized last year its intention to build the factory, which will have the capability to turn customized shoe production into an automated process....

19 May Shoe Carnival Q1 Comps Gain 2.7 Percent

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Shoe Carnival Inc. reported earnings nudged up 2.5 percent to $10.7 million, or 56 cents a share, just below Wall Street's consensus estimate of 57 cents a share....

19 May Foot Locker’s Richard Johnson Adds Chairman to Title

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Foot Locker, Inc. said its board of directors elected Richard A. Johnson, its president and chief executive officer, to the additional position of chairman of the board, effective May 18, 2016. He succeeds Nicholas DiPaolo, who has served as chairman of the board for the...

19 May Target Appoints New Chief Merchant

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Target Corp. hired Mark Tritton as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. In this role, Tritton will oversee enterprise buying, product design and development, sourcing, visual merchandising strategy, and merchandising transformation and operations for the retailer....